Some 300 people encircled the coffee shop’s entrance and spilled out into the parking lot. The crowd appeared probably two-thirds supporters of Polis and the Obama healthcare initiatives, the other one-third doubters and detractors plus a half-dozen vociferous interrupters and hecklers.

As Rep. Polis delivered brief opening comments and then answered about six questions from attendees, a few badly outnumbered “tea party”-style hecklers were each time hissed to silence by the crowd. After perhaps 15 minutes of questions-and-answers before the entire group, Polis spent another hour in serious dialogue with a smaller group who were able to get within unamplified earshot.

Blessedly, the event was peaceful; two Boulder policemen stood unobtrusively by. Rep. Polis was clearly among mostly friends in the ultra-liberal Newlands neighborhood of North Boulder. Definitely not a good place for a rightwing “tea party.”

(Bob Wells photos)

And…see the Daily Camera’s excellent video of the event (am I allowed to embed this?)

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